Mukōjima Hyakkaen

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Entrance to the garden

The Mukōjima Hyakkaen ( Japanese 向 島 百 花園 , German "Hundertblume-Garten Mukōjima") was created at the beginning of the 19th century - in the Bunka / Bunsei period, a heyday of the Edo culture, by the antique dealer Sawara Kikuu from Sendai ( 佐 原 鞠 塢 ), which was also called Kikuya Ubē ( 菊 屋 宇 兵衛 ). Sawara was supported by well-known educated people of his time.

Overview

Mukōjima Hyakkaen

The garden was created on the eastern side of the Sumida River located district Mukōjima, which was already used by the townspeople for leisure activities. Sawara had bought a large piece of land there and built a weekend house. He was supported in the creation of the garden by his friends - such a circle was then called ( 文人墨客 , bunjin hokkaku ) - the poets and painters Shokusanjin , Kameda Hōsai , Katō Chikage , Murata Harumi , Tani Bunchō , Sakai Hōitsu and others. a. At the time of the opening, it was mainly 360 plum trees that shaped the garden. In contrast to the already existing plum garden ( ume yashiki ) in the district of Kameido , the garden was called "New Plum Garden " ( shin umeyashiki ). Miyagino bush clover and tsukuba bush clover were later planted. Then there were plants that are mentioned in the Man'yōshū , so that finally flowering could be seen in all seasons. This gave rise to the name Hyakkaen ("garden of one hundred flowers "), Kisetsu hyakka no midaresaku sono ("one hundred flowers in all seasons garden"), and Nanakusa sono ("garden of seven herbs"). The garden differs from the daimyo gardens in its layout and selection of plants with a distinctly Japanese character.

Numerous scholars are quoted on 29 tablets or memorial stones, starting with Yamanoue no Okura . Bashō is quoted, the two panels in the entrance area are from the poet Ōkubo Shibutsu (1767–1837): “In all seasons flowers without ceasing” ( 春夏 秋冬 花 不断 ) and “Guests stream from all directions” ( 東西 南北 客 争 来 ).

In the garden there is a shrine of Fukurokuju , one of the seven gods of luck . He is one of the "Seven Gods of Luck of Sumida", with whom he will be visited in January.

Attractions

  • Bush clover over a bamboo tunnel
  • Flower trellises, etc. a. with various pumpkins ( kabocha in ornamental form and hyōtan for the harvest)
  • Pond with irises
  • Wild birds, insects are numerous in the garden

The garden was privately maintained until 1938, but when the widow of the last operator, Ogura, died in October of that year, it was donated to the city, which reopened it the following year. Destroyed in World War II, the garden was reopened in 1949. On October 13, 1978, the garden was designated a scenic site ( 名勝 ) and a historical site ( 史跡 , shiseki ).

Characteristics

  • Operator: Tokyo Prefecture , admission is charged
  • Opening: July 8, 1939
  • Area: 10,885.88 m²
  • Stock: 1040 trees, 550 bushes (1995)
  • Events: Meeting to eavesdrop on insects (end of August)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In Tōkyō-to (ed.): Mukōjima hyakkaen differently than in Lit2 Sahara .

swell

  • Tōkyō-to (Ed.): Mukōjima hyakkaen , in: Toritsu kōen gaido, 1995.
  • Tōkyō-to rekishi kyōiku kenkyukai (Ed.): Tōkyō-to no rekishi no sanpo (jō) . Yamakawa, 1988, ISBN 4-634-29130-4 .

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Coordinates: 35 ° 43 ′ 27.1 ″  N , 139 ° 48 ′ 55.6 ″  E